accessibility

jQuery / Javascript pass focus to next element while tabbing through page

I'm building a 'tag input' plugin with jQuery at the moment and I've hit a small stumbling block. I'm adding a button after a text input in a form, and using javascript to provide functionality for the button. When the button is clicked (or return is pressed in the input), the value of the input is added to a list of tags. The input is ...

How do I expose a C++ method to my C# application?

I am currently learning VC++. I have created an application that has functionality to block/allow IP addresses and I would like to expose this functionality to a C# application. I have defined the following members in my header file, which reference methods in my .cpp file (bare with me if that's obvious, as this is my second day of C+...

Can we use any other TAG inside <ul> along with <li>?

Can we use any other TAG in <ul> along with <li>? like <ul> Some text here or <p>Some text here<p> etc <li>item 1</li> Some text here or <p>Some text here<p> etc <li>item 1</li> </ul> ...

Is Graceful degradation possible for everything? for every javascript and javascript frameworks functionality?

Is Graceful degradation possible for everything? for every javascript and javascript frameworks functionality? ...

How to make indication of mandatory fields and form's validation accessible for screen reader users?

When error message will come on validation if use have done something wrong then that error should be read by screen reader? Any Screen reader compatible, accessible, unobtrusive jquery form validation plugin? and how user will know which form field is mandatory? my question is not about to make form with fieldset, legend, and label? ...

How to access iPhone's general accessibility settings

Hi, I need to access the iPhone's general accessibility settings; I need to know whether the user has turn on features such as "Speak Auto-text" or "White on Black" and respond to that programatically. I don't need to change the values, only read them. Also, if there's a way of defining (for my app) to ignore them (and set the correspon...

Is it possible to force a buffer refresh in JAWS 9 or 10?

Is there some way, through either JAWS scripting or HTML, to force JAWS to refresh its virtual screen buffer (normally Ins + Esc)? I'm working on an AJAX-heavy web application that requires JAWS support, but the users don't particularly like the solution "hit Ins+Esc after performing any action to catch possible changes". ...

Is automatically assigning focus bad for accessibility?

If I have a form that is the main part of a page's content, will assigning focus to the first form field via JavaScript on page load have any negative effects on accessibility? ...

Linux org.GNOME.Accessibility.JavaBridge$AccessQueue throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException after the class has been previously loaded

I am running java with an agent. When my application does not use GUI (swing) it runs fine under both JREs mentioned below. When it does use GUI (swing), when using JRE: HotSpot (TM) 64 Bits Server VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode) it runs fine. But with JRE: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk, it produces exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoun...

IBM MQSeries Accessing Issue from .NET

I'm not extremely familiar with IBM MQSeries, but I am writing c# scripts which write and read files from my queue server. The problem is my read works but my write doesn't. Please notice that I am using the same queue so don't bother going in that direction. My code firstly accesses the MQserver with the following code: MQQueueManager...

What is the benefit to using <acronym> and <abbr>?

Should i give my time to change terms and abbreviations to <acronym> and <abbr>? Is it worth to use? What are pros to use both tags? Is it useful for SEO and screen reader? ...

How to give different style, color to dotted border of links ?

How to give different style, color to dotted border of keyboard navigation? Style should appear only if user use keyboard to navigate not on mouse over and :active. And style should work in all mainstream browsers with valid css. ...

Is there any tool to convert Simple HTML table to accessible table?

I don't want to recreat whole table . i need any WYSIWYG/gui/interface online/offline tool to convert already made HTML tables to highly Accessible table as much as possible. Which IDE/web design software/WYSIWYG Editor/ has best Table editor to make accessible table? Just for example like this table <table> <tr> <td><st...

Does it matter <strong> in <em> or <em> in <strong>?

Does it matter <strong> in <em> <p><strong><em>Some text</em></strong></p> or <em> in <strong>? <p><em><strong>Some text</strong></em></p> Which is semantically correct and more accessible? Update: How screen reader would behave in both situation? ...

Can we use just <a href="#"> for "back to top" button at bottom of the page?

Can we use just <a href="#"> for "back to top" button at bottom of the page? I think it will work always in all browser. We do need to define any ID . When we click on this <a href="#"> it takes to page top always. or what are other best practices to use "back to top" button. ...

H2 comes before h1 in source, Is it ok?

IF i use <h2> for left sidebar heading and use <h1> for main center content area heading then actually in source and and if CSS is disabled , in both condition <h2> comes before <h1>. Is it ok? or i should not use <h2> for left sidebar headings? Update: 5 Feb Example image added Why I'm asking because i always read in many articles...

How to decide What should be chosen to make heading bold <strong> or <h3/h4/h5>?

How to judge what should be <h2> , h3 h4 h5 h6 or <p><strong>Some text</strong></p> If we don't have knowledge about context Only title of the page i can judge easily <h1> How to judge others I always get content from clients in MS word 2007 format and client always use fontsize to make things smaller and bigger. How we can best judge...

Is it best practice to use same text in browser <title> and in <H1>?

Is it best to use whatever we want to use in <h1> Should be same in <title>? Is it good for SEO, Accessibility, Usability, in any terms? <title>How to decide What should be chosen to make heading bold &lt;strong&gt; or &lt;h3/h4/h5&gt;? - Stack Overflow</title> <h1>How to decide What should be chosen to make heading bold &lt;strong&gt...

Shouldn't we use microformats if we are making accessible site?

Is microformat's classes structure good for Screen reader? <div class="vcard"> <span class="fn">Gregory Peck</span> <a class="org url" href="http://www.commerce.net/"&gt;CommerceNet&lt;/a&gt; <div class="adr"> <span class="type">Work</span>: <div class="street-address">169 University Avenue</div> <span class="locality"...

Should we loose our Coding ethics upon client request , against Web standards, W3C Validation and Semantics

Should we loose our Coding ethics upon client request , against Web standards, W3C Validation and Semantics? If client is agreed and want website quickly anyhow. don't care about validation, Standards , Accessibility. ...